After pre-cooking, grill or stew the octopus until tender. Rice with octopus is a popular fried dish from Portugal, or try stewing it in Elizabeth David's Genoese fish stew or burrida.

This iconic Neapolitan dish made with tender octopus is a simple stew to make but with the most remarkable flavours. Prepared using peeled tomatoes, garlic, olives, capers and fresh parsley it is ...